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TIL Dogs are used in courtrooms to help child crime victims tell their stories

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MeVM8 TIL the restaurant chain TGI Fridays stopped its waiters from wearing “flair” a few years after the movie Office Space came out because people wouldn’t stop making Office Space references about it.
v17p7 TIL early rules for American football the field goal was worth more (5) than a touchdown (4) until 1898 touchdowns were increased to 5 points the two being worth the same until 1904 when field goals were reduced to 4. The modern point values weren't reached until 1912
kJ1JB Today I Learned of Brainfuck - a deliberately obscure programming language with only eight commands: +-<>[],.
oD6W TIL that blasphemy was still a crime in the United Kingdom until 2008.
4X8P5 TIL that not only is USA the 3rd most populated country in the world, but if it had ONE BILLION MORE people, it would still be the 3rd most populated country in the world.